Line-guide for reels.



No; 679,850. Patented Aug. 6,1901.

H. KRUEGER.

LINE GUIDE FOR HEELS.

(Application filed Feb. 16, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY KRUEGER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

LINE-GUIDE FOR REELS.

5P ECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,850, dated August6, 1901.

Application filed February 16, 1901. Eerial No. 47,529. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY KRUEGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and-State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in LineGuides for Reels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to fishing-reels, and has for its object to providean improved lineguide of simple construction and small cost, whichline-guide is adapted to be applied to reels already constructed and inuse.

To the above ends the invention consists of the noveldevices andcombinations of devices hereinafter described, and defined in theclaims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings,wherein likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View showing an ordinary reel with my improvedline-guide applied in Working position thereon. Fig. 2 is a detailshowing the line-guide and portions of the spacing-rods of the reel towhich it is applied; and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 00 41: of Fig.2, some parts being broken away.

Of the parts of the reel it is only desirable for the purposes of thiscase to enumerate the sides 1, connected bya plurality of spacing-rods 23, the reel-spool 4E, and the crank 5. The numeral 6 indicates the line,which is wound upon the spool 4 in the ordinary manner.

My improved line-guide in its best form is made up of two sections a andb, which sections are formed at their ends with open seats or bearings ab, respectively, that are adapted to embrace and loosely slide upon thespacing-rods 2 of the reel. The guide-section a is provided with a longslot a through the upper end of which a guide pin or stud b on thesection b loosely works. A thumb-screw c, the screw threaded end ofwhich works loosely through the slot or and is screwed into the sectionb, cooperates with the stud b to hold the sections a and b in straightline, and when tightened the said thumb-screw 0 serves to rigidly lockthe said sections a and b together. The member I) is further providedwith a knob or thumb-piece d, the head of which is preferablyknurled.This thumbpiece projects into a position Where it may be readily engagedby the thumb of the hand which holds the handpiece of the fishing-pole,but does not interfere with the ordinary thumbing action of the spoolwhen casting.

The line 6 as it extends from the spool 4 to the end of the pole runsthrough the guide slot at of the line-guide, and in the act of castingthe said line-guide being free to slide on the rods 2 will be movedsidewise by the line as the line unwinds from the spool. Hence thisline-guide doesnot under the casting action control the lateralunwinding movements of the line, but follows the line and permits it totake its natural unwinding course.

In winding up the line the thumb is placed 1 on the thumb-piece a andthe guide is moved laterally, so as to cause the line to wind on thespool in layers and without overlapping or tangling. The guide iscontrolled at the will of the operator and is not directly dependent onthe rotation of the reel. Hence a line of any size may be properly woundupon the spool, and it may be given a more or less rapid tread or spiraladvance at the will of the operator. By a little practice the operatorwill be able to wind the line as he may desire.

Automaticline-guides for reels have hitherto been provided; but suchautomatic devices are not only costly, intricate, and liable to get outof order, but they offer considerable resistance to the unwindingmovement of the spool. Furthermore, they are not controllable at thewill of the operator, but are directly dependent for their movements onthe rotation of the spools.

As already indicated, one of the very important objects of my inventionis to provide a line-guide for reels which may be adjusted to reels ofdifferent size and which may be applied in working position on the reelor, if desired, removed therefrom without taking the reel apart. As isevident, the guide above described fully meets all of the aboverequirements. As is evident, the longitudinal adjustment thereof adaptsthe same for application to reels inwhich the spacing-rods are locatedat-different'distances apart, and as the hearings or seats a b are openit is of Y course obvious that the guide may be applied be made with theformer than with the latter. I have also found that backlashing oftheline is prevented with my improved guide. This latter feature seemsto be due to the fact that the line-guide extends close to the spool andis dragged by the line.

' It will of course he understood that the device above described iscapable of consider-' able modification within the scope of myinvention.

It will be noted by reference particularly to Fig. 3 that the seats aand b of the members a, and Z) are rectangular, so that they will engagethe rods 2 at three points only. This reduces the friction approximatelyto the.

minimum and makes the line-guide much more easy to move.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows: 1. A reel having its sides connected by two ormore spacing-rods, in combination a lineslide freely on a pair of saidspacing-rods, a

I vided with a longitudinally-extended linein presence of two rigidconnection between said bearings, proi 'Witnesses:

minates in position to be engaged by the thumbof the hand which holdsthe reel, and which guide is adapted to be moved at Will andindependently of the movements of the reel-spool, substantially asdescribed.

2. A line-guide for reels, adapted to be applied to the spacing-rodsthereof, and provided with separable parts adapting the same to beapplied to and removed from said spacing-rods without taking the reelapart, substantially as described.

3. A line-guide for reels, comprising a pair of longitudinallyadjustable sections provided with open seats, and adapted forapplication to the spacing-rods of the reel, substantially as described.

4. A line-guide for reels, comprising the sections a and b, the formerhaving the open seat a and slot a and the latter having the open seat 1)and thumb -piece (I, and the thumb-screw c adjustably connecting thesaid sections, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a reel, having the spacing-rods 2, of theline-guide comprising the longitudinally-adjustable sections aand b, theformer having the open seat a and slot a and the latter having the openseat I) and thumb-piece d, the pin 11 on said member I) working in thesaid slot a and a thumb-screw c working through said slot a and screwedinto said member 17, for adjustably securing ,said members a and b,substantially as de- (scribed. guide lnvolving seats'or bearingsmountedto i In testimony whereof Iaftix my signature witnesses. HENRYKRUEGER.

MABEL M. MOGRARY, F. D. MERCHANT.

